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Peteer, a classically trained musician, has fallen from grace due to numerous scandals during his tenure as a music teacher and concert pianist for the prestigious Berliner Hochschule F|r Musik. Beethoven has been his life-long obssession and may be the reason his life has taken a dark turn. Like Beethoven, Peter too is easily iinfatuated with charming, talented women, which borders on obsession. His infatuation sterns from his own need to be useful and to educate the deserving on the fascinating world of classical music in the hope that they may see the world as he does, which is impossible due to a condition known as synaesthesia. During his time at the Conservatory, a replica of Beethoven's famous Broadwood piano under restoration goes missing (Gestohlen). Although absolved of any guilt, his nevertheless seen as the responsible party due to his gross negligence, which leave his career in ruins. He knows a great deal more about the replica than meets the eye, but the piano is not in his possession. He is not interested in the replica; he is obsessed with the authentic Beethoven Broadwood gifted to Beethoven himself by the Broadwood Piano Manufacturers in London in 1818. He aims to use the replica to obtain the objects of his obsessions, but he must secure the imposter first before making has play. Which is which? Facts and fiction become obfuscated.